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Bashir conducted the tell-all interview and in the intervening years new evidence has come to light that he used malicious means to gain her cooperation.
The outlet reports that, “The unprecedented donation includes £1.15 million – the amount the Corporation made from selling the global rights to Bashir’s explosive Princess Diana interview – plus reparations.”
Princess Diana Gave a Bombshell Interview
This year a legal inquiry, “found Bashir had lied to obtain the 1995 interview, using deceitful methods later covered up by a ‘woefully ineffective’ internal investigation by Tony Hall, who later became BBC director-general.”
The interview was audacious for its time, with Diana revealing family dirty laundry long before reality shows were a thing. She discussed her and her husband Prince Charles’ affairs and declared him unfit for the throne. It was stupendously daring back in the day and the subsequent waves of controversy engulfed the monarchy like a tsunami, leading to the royal couple’s divorce.
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Royal Family News – Princess Diana Gave A Bombshell Interview
According to royal sources Prince Charles and Diana’s sons William and Harry will decide where the money is spent.
Last night Diana’s friend Rosa Monckton had this to say about the decision: “This is an admirable decision, though obviously it cannot undo the damage that has been done or erase the BBC’s guilt.
According to the Daily Mail, Bashir’s deceit was discovered by them 25 years ago, but, “it took the BBC until earlier this year to acknowledge Bashir’s wrongdoing, having previously exonerated him.”
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After the court declared that Bashir acted negligently, her son Prince William had harsh words for the BBC, claiming that the interview ruined her life and brought on her divorce. William reportedly thinks there is more unsavory behavior to uncover, and has welcomed private talks with the BBC, “to see what comes out.”
According to William, “the BBC’s failures had contributed to Diana’s ‘fear, paranoia and isolation’ in her final years, and that the interview made a ‘major contribution to making my parents’ relationship worse.’”
It is understood that it was not the palace, but Diana’s brother, Earl Spencer, who suggested the reparation donation.
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